Date: 2014-11-19

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday charged the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) to initiate policies and efforts that will ensure comprehensive electronic driven accounting system in the public service to promote efficiency and qualitative service delivery. Governor Ahmed said this when the Executive Council of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the Government House, Ilorin. According to him, an electronic driven accounting system in the public service should be the minimum that ANAN must ensure, rather than expecting government alone to initiate such efforts.

"If ANAN drives it and makes it part and parcel of its main focus and contribution to efficiency in public service, it will naturally ensure a strong policy at the federal level that will trickle down to the state and of course the local government levels", he said.

The Governor commended ANAN for its training and retraining programmes, adding that standards in the accounting professions should not be compromised as such could have negative impact on the economy.

The Chairman, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Mr Bayo Apaguntan said the body, chartered through Act 75 of 1993 was established to ensure that members have practical knowledge to cope with modern and future challenges in the accounting profession.

He commended the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration for its developmental agenda for Kwara State.